Emily Erb

Becky Huff Hunter

For her solo debut, “Legal Tender,” painter Emily Erb directs attention toward some of the United States’ most difficult historical passages by presenting dollar bills as surrogate American flags. Erb began working with U.S. currency as a motif after noticing the Occupy movement’s activist use of blown-up bills on protest banners. Her first works were hung in public …

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